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How to find the best Georgia bankruptcy lawyer online
Press Release |
2010/09/07 09:22
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pWhy should you go about filing bankruptcy? Well simply put, filing a Georgia bankruptcy does not mean you are giving up; in fact it provides you with a second chance financially. Not to mention thousands of Georgia residents seek the help of Georgia bankruptcy lawyers each year for assistance./ppIf you are planning on filing Georgia bankruptcy, it’s really important for you to know that the new state bankruptcy laws are making it harder for people to file. Many people who actually make too much money, compared to other residents in the state, are now being forced to go about filing bankruptcy under Chapter 13./ppFiling bankruptcy under chapter 7 on the other hand can clear up a lot of debt and provide you with a fresh start, mainly by eliminating all of your credit card debt in a matter of mere months. Filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy with the help of a Georgia bankruptcy attorney on is a bit different, since no debts are actually canceled; it just buys you some time./ppAfter you’ve gone and figured out what you’re eligible for, the next step for you to accomplish is to hire a professional Georgia bankruptcy attorney who can help you to remove or even pay back debts that you have by filing. A good Georgia bankruptcy lawyer actually ends up saving you money when all is said and done./ppAfter you have gone about hiring a Georgia bankruptcy attorney, you can then go about successfully filing bankruptcy in Georgia federal courts. These particular courts follow the same bankruptcy code used by all states, but state bankruptcy law dictates that these courts will also factor in the median income for Georgia residents.
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Ohio runaway convert gains legal US residency
Legal World News |
2010/09/07 04:20
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| pA lawyer for a runaway Christian convert from Ohio who was also an illegal immigrant says the 18-year-old woman has gained permanent residency in the United States./ppKort Gatterdam, a lawyer for Rifqa Bary, said Tuesday the news means Bary can now start applying for a driver's license, Medicaid coverage and college scholarships./ppGatterdam says Bary, a native of Sri Lanka, received her permanent residency card last week and can apply for citizenship in five years. /ppBary had sought the green card as she argued in court she could not reunite with her Muslim parents, whom she alleged threatened her with harm for converting./ppBary also sought legal residency to achieve health coverage as she battles uterine cancer. /p |
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Mass. court to hear appeal in sex harassment case
Legal News Digest |
2010/09/06 23:27
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| pThe highest court in Massachusetts is set to hear an appeal of a $1.85 million award in a sexual harassment and discrimination suit filed by a former Somerset highway department employee./ppDuring her 2007 trial, Kim Pelletier said she was touched inappropriately on the job and subjected to viewing pornographic pictures and movies at the Highway Department’s building./ppShe said her numerous complaints were ignored./ppThe $1.85 million jury award was reduced to $300,000 by a judge, then increased to $600,000./ppPelletier notified the court she would accept the $600,000, but the town later appealed and Pelletier withdrew her acceptance. She’s now seeking the original jury award./ppThe Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments in the case Wednesday./p |
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Choice of clerks highlights Supreme Court's polarization
Legal News Digest |
2010/09/06 23:17
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| Each year, 36 young lawyers obtain the most coveted credential in U.S. law: a Supreme Court clerkship. Clerking for a justice is a glittering capstone on a resume that almost always includes outstanding grades at a top law school, service on a law review and a prestigious clerkship with a federal appeals court judge.pJustice Clarence Thomas apparently has one additional requirement. Without exception, the 84 clerks he has chosen over his two decades on the court all first trained with an appeals court judge appointed by a Republican president./ppThat unbroken ideological commitment is just the most extreme example of a recent and seldom examined form of political polarization on the Supreme Court. These days the more conservative justices are much more likely than were their predecessors to hire clerks who worked for judges appointed by Republicans. And the more liberal justices are more likely than in the past to hire from judges appointed by Democrats./ppEach justice typically hires four clerks a year. Since Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court in 2005, Justice Antonin Scalia has not hired any clerks who had worked for a judge appointed by a Democratic president, and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has hired only two. At the other end of the ideological spectrum, only four of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's clerks on the Roberts court came from judges appointed by Republicans. The early data on President Barack Obama's two appointees, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, show a similar pattern./ppBy contrast, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, a conservative appointed by President Richard M. Nixon who led the court from 1969 to 1986, hired roughly even numbers of clerks who had worked for judges appointed by Democrats and Republicans. Judge Richard A. Posner, a generally conservative judge appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan, clerked for Justice William J. Brennan Jr., a liberal./p |
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SC law firm loses $390,000 in bogus check scam
Law Firm News |
2010/09/06 23:17
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| pThe Secret Service says a South Carolina law firm lost $390,000 in a counterfeit check scam./ppAuthorities told The Post and Courier of Charleston the scammers called the law firm and requested an attorney to help collect on a debt, offering to pay a retainer./ppInvestigator say before any work was done, the scammer called back and said the threat of legal action settled the matter, then sent the law firm two checks, one for the retainer and the second the supposed settlement./ppAuthorities say the scammer asked the law firm to send the settlement to an overseas bank account. After the money was wired, the check was found to be bogus./ppThe Secret Service did not identify the Charleston firm, or a second firm that figured out the scam before being taken./p |
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